Sales ticket and forms holder and forms register



I INVENTOR. JOSEPH ZALK IND 2 SHEETS-5HEET J. 'ZALKIND IllllmmmmmlhSALES TICKET AN D FORMS HOLDER AND FORMS REGISTER Filed June 28, 1949in] Hill' 2m?! Aug. 12, 1952 FIG. 2.

ATTORNEY g- 12, 1952 J. ZALKIND 2,606,774

, SALES TICKET AND FORMS HOLDER AND FORMS REGISTER Filed June 28, 1949 2Sl-lEETS-SHEET 2 FIG. 8.

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' FORMS REGISTER Joseph Zalkind, New York, N. Y. '7

Application June 28, 1949, Serial No. 101,886

This invention relates to a holder for salesslips or forms on whichOrders are written, and has as an object thereof the provision of anovel device of the character that will hold the salesslips or orderforms in a suitable compartment providing means for automaticallypositioning the uppermost form or forms to be written on in relation toa writing platen forming a'closure for the order form holder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder forforms,'which holder consists of a compartmentalized base member having aclosure which is s'lideable to extend beyond an end portion of the basemember to provide a hand rest so that the user of the invention may moreconveniently make notations on the order form when the form to bewritten on is positioned on the upper surface of the closure member,which closure member acts as a writing platen.

Further and other objects of the invention may be and may becomeapparent to one skilled in the art from a perusal of the disclosureherein. The present showing is by way of illustration only of apreferred embodiment of the invention. It is to be understood thatchanges and modifications may be made in the invention without departingfrom the spirit thereof as defined by the subjoined claims.

Throughout the specifications and claims, the expression order form orsales-slip may. be used interchangeably, and it is to be understood thateither expression refers to the forms carried by the diaphragmregardless whether they are in a pad form, a collection of individualslips, manifold forms or any other material on which writing may beplaced, and adaptable for use in the present invention.

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Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the order form holder having itsclosure member extended to its operative position.

Fig. 2 is a plan view-partially broken away, showing the closure memberopen and in an extended position, shown in solid lines.

Fig. 3 is asectional view taken substantially along lines 3-3 of Fig. 2,but with the closure member moved to its inoperative position whichwould be the case when the holder is not in use.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the holder with the closure moved to itsinoperative position.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken substantially along lines 5--5 of Fig.2.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional-partial view showing the latch means forholding the closure member in position.

13 Claims. (Cl. 281-44) Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of one position ofthe modification of the diaphragm support showing the channel memberwhich guides oneicorner of the diaphragm within the base member.

Fig. 8 shows a modification of the invention embracing a sales'slip:holder and forms dispenser. 1

Fig. 9 shows the modification with'the writing platen swung open topermit loading of the device, presented in a top plan view.

Fig. 10 is a sectional View taken along lines I'i-l0-of'iFig. 9.

Fig. '11 is an-end view of'Fig. 9 with the end closure down.

Fig.-l2 is a partial top sectional view showing the leaf spring latchfor the end closure.

Fig. 13' is a sectional view taken along lines l3--I3 to show the stopmeans for the end closure which provides a ramp to facilitate insertionof forms within the lower compartment of the invention.

Fig. 14-is a sectional view of a modification of a portionof thediaphragm.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown an orderzform'holder 20 havinga base member 2| with 'az'closure'memberz22 connected to one sidethereof bya hinge'23. I

A diaphragm 24 has a hinge 25 formed by bending one end of the diaphragmabout an elongated pin 26 with the other side of the hinge 21 being alsoformed about the elongated pin 26 and-being secured" to the bottomportion of the base member 2| by rivetssuch as 28. A U- shaped leafspring 29 is secured by rivets 30 in the center thereof to the bottomportion of the base member 2!, said leaf spring being bent so that thefree ends thereof engage'the underneath surface ofthe diaphragm 24 tourge said diaphragm upwardly so that the pad of order forms 3|, showndotted, may be gripped; by the pad clip 32, which -pad-.clip hasa lowermember 33 riveted to the free end of the diaphragm 24, while the uppermember-340i the pad clip 32 is hinged to the lower member 33 by a pin35. Springs 36 urge theupper memberagainst the lower member so that thepadof order forms 3| may be gripped therebetween. -A dash-dot line 31represents at least one of the order forms of the pad of order formswhich has been raised from the pad and placed on the'upper'surface ofthe closure 22], thereby permitting the dash-dot order form 31 to restin a fiat positionon the closure! member which 3.0135138 a writingplaten when the device is in an operative. position as shown in Fig. 3.;r

When the closure 22 is snapped into its operative position, as shown inFig. 3, the spring 29 urges the diaphragm and its pad of order forms 3|upwardly against the underneath surface of the closure. A function ofthe upwardly urged diaphragm is to create friction on the pad of orderforms by the closure member 22 so that the pad of order forms is pinchedor gripped between the diaphragm and the closure member. When thiscondition exists, the form 31 may be withdrawn from the pad which isheld by the pad clip 32 without dislodging the remainder of the orderforms frictionally held between the diaphragm and the closure member.This condition simulates the holding of the unused forms of the pad bythe hand to restrain the unused forms being withdrawn from the clip whenthe upper form is desired to be withdrawn from the pad clip 32 after thewriting has been completed thereon. The used forms, as they are removedfrom the pad of order forms, may be stored underneath the diaphragmwhich provides a compartment therefor between said diaphragm and thebottom of the base member 2l.

In the view shown in Fig. 3, one end of the diaphragm is hinged with thefree endof said diaphragm being urged upwardly under action of the leafspring 29.

A modification of the diaphragm'support within the chamber of the holderis shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, wherein channel 38 is vertically disposedon each of two corners of the base member 2|. The modified diaphragm 39(Fig. 7) has one end thereof formed about an elongatedpin 40, which pinextends from opposite sides of the diaphragm and is adapted to have saidends slideably engage the channel members 38 so that that particular endof the diaphragm may move up and down as the sales-slips or order formsare withdrawn from the pad and inserted beneath said diaphragm. An ear4|, which is part of the channel, is bent over the top of the channel toform a closure or limiting means so that the elongated pin 40 will notbe removable from the channels 38 but may slide up and down therein asnecessitated by placing the used order forms under the diaphragm andunder influence of the leaf spring 29. The channels 38' are secured byrivets 42 to an end portion of the base member 2| as shown in Fig. 7.

The closure member 22 has one side of the hinge 23 formed thereon withthe other side of the hinge 43 havin a pair of elongated slots 44 formedtherein, which slots are adapted to slide on headed pins 45, said pins45 being secured to a side wall 45 of the base member 2|. The length ofthe side "of hinge 43 is such that it permits movement of'the closure 22so that said closure may be snapped into operative position as shown inFig. l; or snapped into its inoperative position asshown in solid linesin Fig. 4. The dotted lines (Fig. 4) of the closure member 22 show saidclosure'member in its operative position.

The latch mechanism for the closure member has an elongated spring 41which is shown in solid lines (Fig. 2). Elongated slots are formedadjacent opposite ends of the spring 41 so that pins 48, which aresecured to the side wall 49 of the base member 2|, will permit the sprin4! to be moved to its position shown dotted when the latch button 50 isdepressed so that the spring 41 is moved to its unlatched position asshown in Figs. 2 and 6. The latch carried by the spring 4'! has aninclined surface on the upper portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 6, sothat when the closure 22 is moved to engage the latch 5| the spring 4!will be urged inwardly of the compartment of the holder until the latch5| engages either its slot 52 when the closure member 22 is in itsinoperative position, or may engage aperture 53 when the closure ismoved to its operative position for writing on one of the pad formspositioned thereabove.

To open the holder, it is merely necessary to depress thelatch button5!] so that the spring 4'! will be moved to the position shown in Fig.6, thereby permitting the closure member 22 to be pivoted on its hinge23 so that the closure member may be moved out of the way to permitaccess to the order form pad.

A clip 54 is secured to the closure member by a rivet 55, and permitspapers, cards or other material to be held thereby.

While the leaf spring 29 is shown in one form, it is to be understoodthat any type of resilient member may be used for urging one end of thediaphragm against the underneath surface of the closure member 22, itbeing understood that any suitable means may be employed providedadequate friction is permitted for urging the unused order forms againstthe underneath surface of the closure member 22.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the base member 2| has a bottomportion withtwo side members and two end members, and a closure memberslideably hinged adjacent one of the side members, The corners of theend and side members are shown secured by angular brackets 56 withrivets 51. However, it is to be understood that any form of securingthese members together may be used, such as by welding, or they may beheld otherwise in relative position.

' A modification of the device presented in Figs. 1 to '7 is shown inFigs. 8 to 13 and is a form of the invention particularly adapted fordispensing forms wherein as the top form is removed from the stack offorms the remaining forms or sales slips are urged into positon to beremoved successively as desired.

Like reference characters represent similar parts throughout thespecification. I

The writing platen 22 in the modified form 0 the invention has aretractile spring 60 having one end thereof connected to 2. lug 6|formed on the side of hinge 43 with the other end of said spring beingconnected to One of the headed pins 45, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. Whenthe latch button 5i) is depressed to release the writing platen when inits inoperative position, the spring will immediately snap the writingplaten into the position shown in Fig. 10. -By properly positioning theheaded pin 45, to which the sprin 68 is attached, in-its respective slotin the side of hinge 43; the writing platen is provided with a limitingmeans so that the latch 5| will be in substantial registry with itslatch slot 52. Thereafter a slight pressure onthe-upper surface of thewritingplaten will cause the latch 5| to engage in latch slot 52 andretain the writing-platen in latched operative position as long as theuser so desires. i

"The modified diaphragm 62 shown in Figs. 8 to 11 has the free end 53formed at an incline so that the forms gripped between the diaphragm 62and the writing platen 22 as presented in Figs. 8 and 10,will be instaggered relation at one end thereof to facilitate removal of saidforms from the device, the opposite end of said forms" being held by thepad clip or clamp 64 positioned near the diaphragm hinge end of hinge26. w

The lower member 65 of Dad clip '54 is secured to the diaphragm 62 byinserting a nut and screw combination 66 through apertures'in lowermember 65 which are in registry with complemental apertures such as 61formed in the diaphragm 62. The pad clip, or clamp, 64 is thereforemovable to one of several positions to, permit a variety of formsizes tobe used without necessityof concern for desired op'erability of theinvention.

In order to provide a modified arrangement with its attendantadvantages, the U shaped leaf spring 29 is shown'in Figs. 9, and 11being secured to a bracket 68 by pins '30, said bracket being spacedfrom the'bottom of the base member .and being secured to the sidesthereof. The U-shaped leaf spring engages an underneath surface of thefree end 63 and urges the diaphragm 62 upwardly in the same manner asset forth for diaphragm 24.

The end closure 10 is movably mounted on the base member by a hinge Hand may be swung to the open position in Fig. 10 (shown dotted) and Fig.13 shown in solid lines to permit the used forms to be inserted betweenthe bracket 68 and the base member for entry into the compartmentbetween said base member and the diaphragm.

The end closure is latched in its closed position as shown in Fig. 12 by.a leaf spring latch 12 secured to a side of the base member by pins 13.The free end of said latch 12 has a shoulder 14 which extends through anaperture 15 formed in the end closure I0 to hold the closure in itslatched position as shown in solid lines of Fig. 12. The button 16extends through the aperture of the side so that the leaf spring latchmay be operated.

A pair of complemental stop means is positioned on either side of thehinge I I, and each pair consists of a stop 18 secured to the basemember, and a stop 18 secured to the end closure 10 by pins 19. When theend closure 10 is down as shown in Fig. 13, it forms a ramp to guide andassist insertion of the forms into the lower compartment of themodification of the invention embracing the sales slip holder or formsdispenser.

Fig. 14 shows a modification of a portion of Z the diaphragm having anupturned lip 80 which may be used as one form of arestraining orlimitingmeans for the stack of forms 8|. When the lip 80 is employed, the clamp6 may be eliminated since the pressure of the spring urged diaphragmagainst the writing platen underneath surface holds the stack of formsin place in the forms dispenser type of modification. Consequently whenthe upper form 82 is being withdrawn from the stack of forms 8 I, theremainder of said stack impinges the lip 80 and permits the uppermostform to be withdrawn without dislodging the remainder of the stack offorms. While the lip 80 may extend across the full width of thediaphragm, it is to be understood that any suitable type lip orlips,such as spaced fingers, may be utilized without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Further, it will be seen that the slideable closure member forms awriting deck and a hand rest which extends beyond the order form so thatthe hand of the writer may be adequately supported while writing at thevery bottom of the order form or sales-slip. The rigid diaphragm, whichmay be formed of metal or fibre, may have one end thereof either hingedor disposed partially by channels as shown. However, it is to beunderstood that the invention is not limited thereto except as embracedby the spirit of the claims attached hereto.

'a ramp for facilitating insert said dispenser, stop meansffirlimiting'the move- Further, the member 22 ha's' a dual purpose'in thatit is actually a writin'g' plater'iand han'd rest when clamped or lateone position, and acts as a closure for'th e" ase" memberjwhen latchedin another position. .Whenthe-member 22 is positioned toact asj a.writing platen it also acts as one side of a clamp to hold the un usedforms between said writing passa ehe diaphragm which actsjasjthe opposiside of the clamp under, influence ofth pring 2 9, Therefore, when thewritingrplaten clamped or latched in writing position 'th'e'fls ring.urged diaphragm clamps certain ofthestac fdf forms between said platenandf'said diaphragm to facilitate removal of certain "other of-thfeforms from said stack. H 2 x M What is claimed as new andfdesired toj besecured by Letters Patent ofthe "United Statesis:

1. A form holder of theclass describedcom;

prising a base member, inoludingabottorh, two end portions andtwosidejportionsp afclos'ure member hingedly connected'to onelof saidside portions and adapted to latch onto t othjer' side portion of saidbase member, a latch means for securing said closure member to saidbasemember, a substantially rigid diaphragm disposed within said holder andhavingrrieans thereon to secure one end portion ofsaid diaphragm to saidbase member, resilient means secured tosaid base member and adapted tourge the opposite'end of said diaphragm toward said closuremember, andmeans secured to said diaphragm 'fiQhold order forms thereon, said meansforflsecuringjsaid one end portion of said diaphragm to, said basemember including pin means psecur to, said' diaphragm, and channelguidegme" s secured to the base member to receive -s,aid"pin means, saidclosure member in one rotated position closing said holder against thebiasing eifect of said re.. silient means and in another rotatedposition exposing the interior of saidholder:

2. A compartmentalized ispenser of the class described having a'baseme'mber' including an hereto to form f forms within end closure'hingedly connected ment of said end closure'in one direction, a writingplaten positionable *on' said-base member, a diaphragm disposed betweensaid basememb er and said writing platen, meanszrsrgri-ppmg forms andpositioning same on said "diaphragmj resilient means for urging said'fdiaphfigmtoward said writing platen, and latch *mea'ns t6 hold saidwriting platen in eitheranoperative or an inoperative position. "1 f 33. A sales slip holder ofthe class described comprising a base memberincluding a bottom, two end portions and two side portions, a writingplaten hingedly connected to one of said side portions and adapted tolatch onto the other of said side portions, latch means for securingsaid writing platen in an operative position, and resilient means forautomatically moving said writing platen into substantially an operativeposition for writing from an inoperative position.

4. A forms dispenser of the class described comprising a base memberincluding a bottom, two end portions and two side portions, a writingplaten movably connected to said base member, and a diaphragm movablyconnected internally of said device and having a portion extendingbeyond an edge of said writing platen to bend and provide staggered endrelation of forms platen is in operative position.

5. A forms dispenser for sales slips and the like comprising a basemember, a writing platen 'm'o'vably connected thereto. and positionablein an operative or an inoperative position in relation to said basemember, a diaphragm movably connected within said base member and havingmeans for staggering one end of the forms carried by the dispenser whenthe writing platen is in its operative position, and, means positionableon said diaphragm for holding the forms thereon to accommodate forms ofvarying sizes in suitable dispensing position when the dispenser writingplaten is in operative position.

6. A forms dispenser for sales slips and the like comprising a basemember, a writing platen movably connected thereto and positionable inan operative or an inoperative position in relation to said base member,a diaphragm movably connected within said base member, means for urgingsaid diaphragm toward said writing platen, and an end closure hingedlyconnected to and forming part of said base member andto provide a guidefor insertion of forms between said diaphragm and said base member whensaid end closure is open.

7. A sales slip holder and forms dispenser of the class described havinga base member, a positionable writing platen movably connected to saidbase member and positionable to an operative osition from an inoperativeposition, a diaphragm movably connected within said forms dispenser-andhaving means thereon for gripping the form therewith, an end closureforming part of said base member and being hingedly connected thereto toprovide a ramp for facilitating ingress of forms within said dispenser,and latch means for said end closure to maintain said end closure infixed position when the writing platen is in its inoperative position. v

8. A holder of the class described comprising a base member, a diaphragmfor supporting writing sheets carried by said base member, and a closuremember, said closure member having a writing platen area and beingpivotal about an axis disposed at the side of said diaphragm and beingthus rotatable to expose said diaphragm and said closure member beingreciprocally related to said diaphragm in a direction parallel to saidaxis, whereby in one reciprocated position it serves to shield saiddiaphragm and. in another reciprocated position it serves as a writingplaten 9. A holder as set forth in claim 8, including a latch means forsecuring said closure member in either of said reciprocated positions.

10. A holder as set forth in claim 8, including means for rendering saidclosure member reciprocative and rotative with respect to saiddiaphragm, comprising a hinge element, said closure member being pivotedto said hinge element, and means in said base element retaining saidhinge element in slidable relation therewith.

11. A holder for forms comprising a housing member for accommodating apad of forms and a cover for said housing member, hinge means forhingedly relating said cover to said housing member at an edge thereof,said cover being slidably related to said housing member substantiallyin the direction of the pivotal axis of said hinge means and withinpredetermined limits whereby said cover may be reciprocated with respectto said housing member within said limits to partially expose theinterior thereof and being rotatable with respect to said housing memberto fully expose the interior thereof.

12. A holder for forms as set forth in claim 11, including a pad supportdiaphragm in said housing member and means for biasing said diaphragmtoward said cover.

13. A holder for forms comprising a housing member for accommodating apad of forms and a cover for said housing member, hinge means for saidcover whereby said coveris rotatable with respect to said. housingmember for full exposure of the interior thereof; said cover beingslidably related to said housing member within predetermined limits forpartially exposing the interior thereof; the direction of reciprocationof said cover being substantially in the direction of the pivotal axisof said hinge means.

JOSEPH ZALIGND.

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